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2a. Taxillus kaempferi var. kaempferi

小叶钝果寄生(原变种) xiao ye dun guo ji sheng (yuan bian zhong)

Description from Flora of China

Viscum kaempferi Candolle, Prodr. 4: 285. 1830; Loranthus kaempferi (Candolle) Maximowicz; Phyllodesmis kaempferi (Candolle) Tieghem.

Petiole 1-2 mm; leaf blade linear or subspatulate, 1.5-3 × 0.3-0.7 cm. Umbels solitary or 2 together; peduncle 2-3 mm. Pedicel 2-3 mm. Calyx subglobose, ca. 1.5 mm, glabrous. Mature bud 1.5-1.6 cm. Anthers ca. 2 mm. Fl. Jul-Aug, fr. Apr-May.

The plants are parasitic on Pinus massoniana, P. taiwanensis, and Tsuga chinensis var. tchekiangensis.

Forests, mountain slopes; 900-1600 m. Anhui, Fujian, S Jiangxi, S Zhejiang [?Bhutan, Japan].


 

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